We Have Liftoff

Kudos to photographer Christopher Ruedy for this epic shot. View it large for full epicness.

Whose flying dog is this anyway? Kudos to you too.

Graffiti Must Be One Expensive Hobby

That stuff ain’t cheap! Maybe we should all try a little harder to appreciate the monetary lengths graffiti artists go to to keep our streets looking rad.

[Photo by Petty Crimes]

Nice Two O'Clock Titty

Ulysses just experienced this phenomenon for the first time. See the photo in its entirety and read all about it here.

Half a Mattress Up for Grabs

I wonder which half it is. Be a bummer if it smelled like foot.

[Photo by Male Awareness Day]

Poor Man's Michel Gondry Video Shot in the Mission

I don’t mean that in a bad way at all. I like poor man’s stuff.

Anyway, this is the video for “Pagan Wedding” by local band Square Dance:

[Thanks, Allen!]

Future Park at 17th and Folsom Will Probably Take a While

Curbed SF reports:

The state has awarded a $2,700,000 grant for the long-planned urban oasis at 17th & Folsom Streets, currently a parking lot. It won’t happen tomorrow- they have yet to buy the lot from its current owner, the Public Utilities Commission, and still have to raise more cash to cover the project’s estimated $5,000,000 total cost.

Dang! Big numbers! Couldn’t we just do it guerilla-style like those skaters in Oakland?

Anyway, I like the name. Future Park! Badass, right? Read the rest of the story here, or leave a comment below suggesting a better name.

New Jack City San Francisco

Ooh, what’s this? A shop dealing in “vintage and throwback gear from the classic era of hip hop”? At 15th and Guerrero? And they’re having a grand-opening party tomorrow sponsored by Pabst? YES PLEASE, on all counts:

Welcome to the neighborhood, New Jack City!

Their web store isn’t open yet, but they’ve got some pictures of goods up. Goods look HOT.

 

Pee Party

See / Saw last night published an examination of urine-related signage here in the city. “Please Use A Cup,” says this example, “Went you Got to Piss!” Read on.

P.S. I wonder why the author of this blog is using the Muni elevator anyway. Oh, right.

Arizmendi Pizza Party

What’s that? You’ve yet to have yourself an Arizmendi pizza party?

No excuses. Get on it.

[Photo by Mike Chino]

Previously:

Arizmendi Is Done

Eat This Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie

Love and Sunshine

We’ve followed Aaron Sunshine’s unluckiness in love for a while now (surely you’ll recall the brutality of dating in SF and the mystery girl he never found), so we were pleased as punch to find this good news on his Facebook wall:

Congrats, Aaron! Treat her right!

Allan Hough

Posts: 7810

Email: allanhough@gmail

Website: http://allanhough.bandcamp.com

Biographical Info:

"I joked that living in the Mission would be the end of me. And there were nights where it felt like the case.

One night I went out with my friend Allan to the bar that no one goes to on 16th Street, where I lost half my drink and money on the dance floor. Later we skated down 16th to Evelyn Lee, where I fell off my board and landed on my head as the 22 bus sped past behind me. A sobering moment. At the bar, I sulked and nursed my wounds until Allan put on Amy Winehouse’s 'Valerie.' We danced, he dipped me, and I felt better."

— My pal Valerie, writing about life in the Mission